CN212542562U

CN212542562U - Clamping device for battery module tool

Info

Publication number: CN212542562U
Application number: CN202021409559.7U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 董庆江; 张虎; 左新渠; 董鑫
Original assignee: Shandong Baowo Power System Co ltd
Current assignee: Shandong Baowo Power System Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-07-16
Filing date: 2020-07-16
Publication date: 2021-02-12
Anticipated expiration: 2030-07-16

Abstract

The utility model provides a clamping device for battery module frock, the battery module includes a plurality of battery cell, clamping device includes the support and sets up supporting member, backstop component on the support, pushes away extrusion device and operating means. The battery pack comprises a support member capable of carrying a plurality of the battery units, a stop member arranged at one end of the support member, a pushing device arranged at the other end of the support member and capable of pushing the plurality of the battery units towards the direction close to the stop member so as to make the plurality of the battery units attached to each other, and an operating device for controlling the pushing action of the pushing device. The utility model discloses a clamping device has improved the frock efficiency of battery module.

Description

Clamping device for battery module tool

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to battery module preparation field specifically provides a clamping device for battery module frock.

Background

Lithium ion batteries are widely used in everyday electronic products as a rechargeable battery. In production and life, in order to meet the use requirements, lithium ion batteries are often required to be connected in parallel or in series, so that a lithium ion battery pack is obtained, and higher current or higher voltage can be obtained.

In the process of manufacturing a battery pack, it is generally necessary to sequentially arrange a plurality of battery cells in a row and to attach the battery cells to each other so as to reduce gaps between the battery cells, and then to bind the row of battery cells together to form a battery module. In this process, two workers are generally required, one of which is responsible for positioning the battery module and the other of which clamps the battery module by a corresponding tool (e.g., a plate). This kind of operating means can also be when making the battery module of small batch, but when needing to produce large batch battery module, because intensity of labour is big, operating time is of a specified duration, causes operating personnel's fatigue very easily, leads to product quality inconsistent, has great potential safety hazard. Moreover, due to the ability and the adaptability, the two persons operate together, which causes the labor cost to be increased and the processing efficiency to be low.

The above description is included in the technical recognition scope of the inventors, and does not necessarily constitute the prior art.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem among the prior art, for the lower problem of efficiency when solving among the prior art preparation battery module, the utility model provides a clamping device for battery module.

Therefore, the utility model provides a clamping device for battery module frock, the battery module includes a plurality of battery cell, and this clamping device includes the support and sets up be in on the support

A support member capable of carrying a plurality of the battery cells;

a stopper member provided at one end of the support member;

a pushing device provided at the other end of the support member and capable of pushing the plurality of battery cells toward the stopper member so as to bring the plurality of battery cells into close contact with each other;

and the operating device is used for controlling the pushing action of the pushing device.

Optionally, the pushing means comprises a linear drive.

Optionally, the linear driving device is a gas cylinder, and the clamping device further comprises a gas source, and the operating device is capable of controlling the gas supply of the gas source to the gas cylinder.

Optionally, the operating device is a foot pedal.

Optionally, the clamping device further comprises a reversing valve connected in series between the air source and the cylinder, the reversing valve being in driving connection with the foot pedal.

Optionally, the clamping device further comprises a travel switch for detecting whether the air cylinder presses the plurality of battery units in place; or, the clamping device further comprises a pressure sensor, and the pressure sensor is used for detecting whether the air cylinder presses the plurality of battery units.

Optionally, the pushing device further comprises a push plate, and the push plate is arranged at one end of the linear driving device close to the stop member.

Optionally, the clamping device further includes a sliding rail disposed on the bracket, and the push plate is slidably connected to the sliding rail.

Optionally, the clamping device further includes a supporting base disposed on the bracket, and the supporting base is fixedly connected to the linear driving device and supports the linear driving device.

Optionally, the support member is provided with a plurality of positioning structures, and each positioning structure can accommodate and position one battery unit.

As can be appreciated by those skilled in the art, the clamping device of the present invention has at least the following advantages: :

1. can bear a plurality of battery cell through the supporting member, can compress tightly a plurality of battery cell through backstop component and push device to make a plurality of battery cell paste tightly each other, use the utility model discloses a clamping device only needs the clamp of an operating personnel just can accomplish the battery module tightly to bind the work, compares in prior art, has reduced the cost of labor, utilizes operating device control to push the semi-automatization's of device mode simultaneously, has simplified working method, reduces operating personnel's the work degree of difficulty, is favorable to improving machining efficiency. The semi-automatic mode can guarantee the uniformity of the assembly process every time, and the consistency of the quality of the battery modules is guaranteed.

2. Through the form that sets up to including cylinder and air supply pushing device, operating means sets to the running-board to through making operating means can control the air supply of air supply to the cylinder, realized the reciprocating motion of cylinder, reach the function of extrusion battery module. The structure and the principle of cylinder are simple, and easily installation is maintained, and is not high to user's requirement, and the running-board is as operating means, and the operation is very simple, and the operating personnel's of being convenient for use has reduced the intensity of labour of single equipment. Adopt cylinder and running-board for clamping device structure is simpler, and is more friendly to operating personnel, improves battery module's machining efficiency.

3. Through for clamping device configuration travel switch or pressure sensor for clamping device can detect whether the battery module is compressed tightly through travel switch or pressure sensor, saves the time of inspection, when raising the efficiency, can also guarantee battery module quality.

4. Through set up a plurality of location structures on the supporting member for the supporting member can hold and fix a position a battery unit respectively through each location structure, and such structure has not only reduced the time of single battery module equipment, has still improved positioning accuracy, is favorable to guaranteeing product quality's uniformity.

Drawings

Some embodiments of the invention are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of the combined state of the components of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of the present invention in an unassembled state;

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a pneumatic system in an example of the invention.

Wherein: 1. the device comprises a support, 2, a supporting member, 3, a stop member, 4, a battery unit, 5, a sliding rail, 6, a push plate, 7, a supporting base, 8, a cylinder, 9, a pedal, 10, a positioning structure, 11, an air pump, 12 and a two-position four-way reversing valve.

Detailed Description

It is to be understood by those skilled in the art that the embodiments described below are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all embodiments of the present invention, and the part of the embodiments are intended to explain the technical principle of the present invention and not to limit the scope of the present invention. Based on the embodiments provided by the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without any inventive work should still fall within the scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that in the description of the present invention, the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "top", "bottom", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc. indicating the directions or positional relationships are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, which are only for convenience of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

Furthermore, it should be noted that, in the description of the present invention, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, or through the communication between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

The utility model discloses a first embodiment:

as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the clamping device of the present embodiment includes a bracket 1, a support member 2, a stopper member 3, a slide rail 5, a push plate 6, a support base 7, a cylinder 8, and a foot board 9. Wherein, the support 1 can be a work table as shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2, the support member 2 is located on top of the support 1 and is fixedly connected with the support 1 or is integrally made, the support member 2 is provided with a plurality of positioning structures 10, and each positioning structure 10 accommodates and fixes one battery unit 4; the stopping member 3 is arranged at one end of the supporting member 2, the air cylinder 8 is arranged at one end of the supporting member 2 opposite to the stopping member 3, the push plate 6 is arranged at one end of the air cylinder 8 close to the stopping member 3, and the air cylinder 8 can push the push plate 6 to press the battery units 4 towards the stopping member 3; the sliding rail 5 is arranged on the bracket 1, and the push plate 6 is connected with the sliding rail 5 in a sliding way; the supporting base 7 is arranged on the bracket 1, is fixedly connected with the cylinder 8 and supports the cylinder 8.

Further, the clamping device also comprises an air source and a reversing valve, the reversing valve is connected between the air source and the air cylinder 8 in series, the pedal plate 9 is in driving connection with the reversing valve, and the pedal plate 9 controls the air supply of the air source to the air cylinder 8 by controlling the reversing valve. Specifically, as shown in fig. 3, the air source may be an air pump 11 and the reversing valve may be a two-position four-way reversing valve 12. When the pedal 9 is stepped, the air pump 11 delivers air to the left chamber of the air cylinder 8 through the two-position four-way reversing valve 12, so that the air cylinder 8 extends out to extrude a plurality of battery units 4; when the pedal 9 is lifted, the air pump 11 delivers air to the right chamber of the air cylinder 8 through the two-position four-way selector valve 12, so that the air cylinder 8 retracts, and simultaneously the air in the left chamber of the air cylinder 8 is extruded and then discharged through the two-position four-way selector valve 12.

Further, although not shown, the clamping device further includes a travel switch for detecting the moving distance of the cylinder 8, so as to determine whether the cylinder 8 is extended to the proper position, and to press the plurality of battery units 4.

Further, it is also possible for those skilled in the art to replace the stroke switch with a pressure sensor as needed, and detect the pressing force applied to the cylinder 8 by the pressure sensor, thereby determining whether the cylinder 8 presses the plurality of battery cells 4 according to the magnitude of the pressing force. Preferably, the pressure sensor is disposed between the push plate 6 and the cylinder 8, and the pressure sensor is pressed when the cylinder 8 pushes the push plate 6, thereby detecting the magnitude of the pressing force.

It should be noted that this is just one method for disposing the pressure sensor, and those skilled in the art may also dispose the pressure sensor on the side of the push plate 6 contacting the battery cell 4 or on the side of the stop member 3 contacting the battery cell 4 as needed.

The operation of the clamping device of the present embodiment will be briefly described with reference to fig. 1 and 2.

Firstly, an operator places a plurality of battery units 4 in a plurality of positioning structures 10 on the supporting member 2 in a one-to-one correspondence manner, then presses the pedal plate 9 to control the air supply to the air cylinder 8 through controlling the reversing valve, so that the piston rod of the air cylinder 8 is pushed out towards the stop member 3, and further the push plate 6 is pushed to move towards the stop member 3, so that the push plate 6 and the stop member 3 jointly extrude the plurality of battery units 4. When the travel switch or pressure sensor detects that a plurality of battery cells 4 have been pressed into place, the operator may pack the plurality of battery cells 4 into one battery module (e.g., by strapping the plurality of battery cells 4 together and thus forming one battery module).

Based on the foregoing description, those skilled in the art can understand that, by adopting the technical scheme, only one operator needs to complete the tooling for the battery module, so that the labor cost is reduced, and meanwhile, the semi-automatic working mode of the air cylinder is controlled by the pedal plate, so that the working mode is simplified, the working difficulty of the operator is reduced, and the processing efficiency is improved. Compared with the traditional manual mode which needs two workers, the semi-automatic mode has the advantages that errors possibly generated between each assembling process are smaller, and the consistency of product quality is guaranteed. The cylinder has simple structure, and installation and maintenance are relatively easy, and the requirement is not high to operating personnel, characteristics with low costs, use the running-board as operating means, and the operation is very simple, and operating personnel's of being convenient for use compares in the operating means who carries out the operation with the hand for operating personnel can be when using operating means with concentrating on battery module, in time make the adjustment to battery module's assembly process. The labor intensity and time of single assembly are reduced, and the working efficiency is further improved.

In a second embodiment of the present invention:

unlike the first embodiment described above, the present embodiment replaces the air cylinder 8 with a linear driving device having the same function, such as an electric cylinder or a hydraulic cylinder. And/or the like and/or,

the pedal 9 is replaced by a switch structure which realizes the control of the pushing device, such as a button switch, a toggle switch and the like.

In a third embodiment of the present invention:

unlike the first embodiment, the clamping device of the present embodiment does not have the slide rail 5, and the push plate 6 can still press the plurality of battery units 4 without the slide rail 5, but the movement is not as smooth as when the slide rail 5 is provided.

In a fourth embodiment of the present invention:

unlike the third embodiment, the pushing device of the present embodiment does not have the pushing plate 6, and the linear driving device directly pushes the battery cell 4. The battery module can be assembled without arranging the push plate 6, and the push plate 6 is used for increasing the contact area of the battery unit 4 and the pushing device, so that the stress of the battery unit 4 is more uniform when the battery unit is extruded.

In a fifth embodiment of the present invention:

unlike the first embodiment, in the present embodiment, the clamping device is not provided with a travel switch or a pressure sensing device, but the operator manually checks whether the battery unit 4 is pressed, which requires experience of the operator.

In a sixth embodiment of the present invention:

unlike the first and second embodiments, in this embodiment, the clamping device is not provided with the support base 7, and the linear drive is provided directly on the carriage 1.

In a seventh embodiment of the present invention:

unlike the first embodiment, in this embodiment, the positioning structure 10 is not provided in the clamping device, and an operator needs to adjust the position of the battery unit 4.

So far, the technical solution of the present invention has been described in connection with the foregoing embodiments, but it is easily understood by those skilled in the art that the scope of the present invention is not limited to these specific embodiments. Without deviating from the technical principle of the present invention, those skilled in the art can split and combine the technical solutions in the above embodiments, and also can make equivalent changes or substitutions for related technical features, and any changes, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the technical concept and/or technical principle of the present invention will fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a clamping device for battery module frock, battery module includes a plurality of battery unit, its characterized in that, clamping device includes the support and sets up be in on the support

A support member capable of carrying a plurality of the battery cells;

a stopper member provided at one end of the support member;

2. The clamping device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said pushing means comprises a linear drive.

3. The clamping device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the linear drive is a pneumatic cylinder,

the clamping device further comprises an air source,

the operating device is capable of controlling the supply of gas from the gas source to the cylinder.

4. A clamping device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the operating means is a foot pedal.

5. The clamp device recited in claim 4, further comprising a directional valve connected in series between said air supply and said air cylinder, said directional valve being in driving connection with said foot pedal.

6. The clamping device as recited in claim 5, further comprising a travel switch for detecting whether the cylinder presses the plurality of battery cells into position; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

the clamping device further comprises a pressure sensor, and the pressure sensor is used for detecting whether the air cylinder compresses the battery units or not.

7. The clamping device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the pushing device further comprises a push plate disposed at an end of the linear drive device adjacent to the stop member.

8. The clamping device as recited in claim 7, further comprising a slide track disposed on said support, said push plate being slidably coupled to said slide track.

9. The clamping device as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a support base disposed on the support, the support base being fixedly connected to the linear drive and supporting the linear drive.

10. The clamping device as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein a plurality of locating formations are provided on the support member, each of the locating formations being capable of receiving and locating a respective one of the battery cells.